Cultivator



Oct. 27, 1925- 1,559,526 I. H. OSBORN CULTIVATOR Filed sent. 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS ATYORNEY Oct. 27, 1925. 1,559,526

I. H. OSBORN CULTIVATOR Filed Sept. 3. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I A G16 0 0 0 kQL 9 0 WITNESS: ATTORNEY tatented Chat. 27, 31925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVAN H. OSBORN, OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

CULTIVATOR.

Application filed September 3, 1924. Serial Nov 735,709.

I the inn-in his invention to at s: o in: utti atotia the g ft al ohie 't tion heing to provide int-ans tor adjusting in? so Illa-5., the plow? man he :nade to the plat and :tso a he the plants or a lluplow ha made o 4 in d ep elose to distan -rt'ront the plants an ate to provide means tor tilting the plow lsars so that the deviee (an he used tor eultivating' plants plated on ridges as well as plants ptaeed tor ltat eultivation.

Another ohjee el' the invention is to provide. improved means l'or supporting the plows on the hars.

This invention also rouse-ts in eertztin other 'l'eatures oteoustrueti n and in the eoinhinntion and arrangement of the severa] parts. to he hereinai'ter lull der rihed, illustrated in the aeeoinpairving drawings and peeitiealtv pointed out in the appended elaim.

in desrrihing, my invention in detaih rel ereuee will he had to the aeroinpanying dran'iims wherein lit e eh: rat-tors denote lit-re or rorrespouding parts thrtoig iout the sew ral views and in whit-hr Figure l is a side view ot a. enhi'vator prmided with any invention.

l ig'ure 13 is a seetion on line .4 "1'5 ot ure 1.

Figure 3 plow gangs.

Figure t are 2.

Figure plow hars.

Figure (l an edge vie s ot-lion ot' the plow har.

t i ure T is a rear view.

l 'is ure I"; is a view showing how the plow har an he adjusted on its shoe.

Figure it is a perspeetive yiew ot' a show In these views, the plow teams are shown at 1, the heams having: the slots in their lower ends for reeeivin i the holte 3 tot holding the shoes 4- to t 3 heroes These shoes have curved reeesse: 53 therein tor receiving the front curved hire of the heanss and each shoe is provide with a slot ti to is a rear view of one of the is a section on iine l l of Fig;

is a front view of one of the with parts in receive the holt 3 and a recess 7 to receive the head ol the bolt. From this construction it will he seen that the shoe can he adi rd toward and away from the ground in the heain and it also ean he adjusted in :Ei are ot a eirele ahout the heain. Faeh Ht' is provided witl an ln 'llllWl tront 't'aee reeeiving a part of the rear fare of the plow har ll. 'lhe plow har is eonnerted "ith the shoe h means ot the holt it) whi-eh i s through a. hole ii in the shoe and the ig tr e ol' the shoe and her are roughened as at E2, to prevent one part slipping on the other alter the holt has heen tightened. The holt aets as pivot, utter its not has heen loosened, so that the har n he t' i 'litltl thereon and thus the her can he held in a horizontal position as shown in tall lines in Figures 8 or in a tilted position as shown in dotted lines in said ligure.

tint-h har provided with notehes 1.1) for reeeivint: the plow or teeth 11 and the plows or teeth are engaged h v the eyes: ot' the eve holts l5 \\'lllt'll have their steins passing through holes ltt l'ormed in the har in alignment with the notehes. 'lhe hat is provided with eurved ehannels l t in its l'ront tare 'tYllltll extend longitudinally of the har tor rereiving the inner portions ot' the eves ot the holts.

Front the 'toregoiiur, it will he seen that the plow hars ran he adjusted toward and awn v l'r in the ground h v HlUYllltf the holts I, in the slots lot the heains and the two hat's ran also he adjusted to regulate the spat-e het ween their inner ends, as shown in Figure 2, by n'toving the shoes on the holts I) alfter loosening the nuts of the holts, the shoes movingabout an are on the heains. The plow hers ean also he adjusted on the holts it) so that the teeth or plows can he held in a horizontal position as shown in Figure 8 or in a tilted position, in this latter position the teeth ean rultivate plants \vhieh are planed on ridges. 'lhis adjustment; oi the plow hers will also permit; shah low or deep rultivation elose to the plants.

The shoes are arranged as righ and lel't, hut the plow hats are interehangealtle.

Figure 1 shows the heains as attaehed to an ordinary enltivator whiehis shown generally at A, hut it will, of eonrse, he understood that the invention can he used with other types of Cultivators and implements, it desired.

It is thought from the foregoing descriplit) tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appendwl claim.

What I claim is In combination with an implement beam havine a longitndinallv extending slot in its lower end, an angle-shaped shoe having a sloping rear face a curved recess in the said rear face for receiving the front part of the lower end of the beam, said shoe having a transverse slot therein, a bolt through the slots for aejnstably connecting the shoe to the beam, the from face of the Shoe being inclined in a vertical plane, a plow bar abutting said face and a single bolt passing through the bar and shoe for 20 adjnstably clamping the bar to the shoe.

In testnnony whereof I affix my Signature.

IVAN H. ()SBOZRN.

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